% File: install.txt
% A part of mfpic 1.06 2011/03/08
%

This is version 1.06 of mfpic. See README.txt for a list of files and a
brief description of each.

Generating and installing the files
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This sections is unnecessary if you just get mfpic.tds.zip, copy it to
your local texmf directory , and unzip it there. You can find it on
CTAN: /install/generic/mfpic.tds.zip

-- Put mfpic.ins, mfpic.dtx and grafbase.dtx in the same temporary
   directory and change to that directory. Run latex (or tex) on
   mfpic.ins, which should produce the five files
      mfpic.tex
      mfpic.sty
      grafbase.mf
      grafbase.mp
      dvipsnam.mp

 -- If you have an older version of mfpic, remove the old files with the
    same names as the above five from your TeX directories, or ensure
    that the following procedure overwrites them (back them up somewhere
    else first if you wish).

 -- Copy mfpic.tex where TeX and LaTeX will find it, and mfpic.sty where
    LaTeX will find it. On any TDS compliant system (such as TeX Live
    MacTeX, or MiKTeX) they can all be put in $TEXMF/tex/generic/mfpic/
    (where $TEXMF indicates a directory serving as a root of a texmf
    tree).

 -- Copy grafbase.mp and dvipsnam.mp where MetaPost will find them, for
    example $TEXMF/metapost/mfpic/ .

 -- Copy grafbase.mf where Metafont will find it. For example,
    $TEXMF/metafont/mfpic/ .

 -- Copy mfpguide.pdf, mfpic-doc.pdf. mfpcard.pdf where documentation is
    kept. For example, $TEXMF/doc/generic/mfpic/ . Optionally, copy
    the .tex versions of these, plus mfpdoc.sty, lcheaders.ist and coil.mps,
    as well as examples/*.* to the documentation area
    Also optional: copy the two .dtx files and mfpic.ins to the source area
    ($TEXMF/source/generic/mfpic/).

 -- Some distributions might have a copy of the file grafbase.mf in the
    directory $TEXMF/fonts/public/mfpic. If so, delete it or replace it
    with a copy of the new one. If some package needs that particular
    version, put it someplace where mf and mpost will _not_ find it and
    arrange for that package to find it when necessary.

 -- If required by your TeX system (MiKTeX, MacTeX, and TeXLive all DO
    require it): !!UPDATE THE TeX FILENAME DATABASE!!

There is one optional step that may be useful (if you only wish to use
mfpic to produce MetaPost pictures, you may skip this): find the file
modes.mf on your system. Typically this will be in $TEXMF/metafont/misc/
Find near the end a line similar to

    localfont := ljfour;

Replace, if necessary, the string "ljfour" by one of the modes listed in
that file. At minimum, select one whose resolution (DPI) matches your
printer and/or the configuration of your dvi viewer. If you make such a
change, regenerate the mf.base file (fmtutil on TeXLive or MacTeX;
MiKTeX Options in MiKTeX). On some systems this may be named plain.base.

Read mfpguide.pdf before trying anything further. If you are already
familiar with mfpic (version 0.2.10.9 or later) you can probably get
going right away.

If you want to read the documented source code for mfpic, run latex on
mfpic.dtx and grafbase.dtx (Peter Wilson's docmfp.sty is required
for grafbase.dtx) 2 or 3 times each. Then run makeindex for each:

    makeindex -s gind.ist -o mfpic.ind mfpic.idx
    makeindex -s gind.ist -o grafbase.ind grafbase.idx

and then latex again (once each).  The docmfp package can be found at
your favorite CTAN mirror. A copy of docmfp.sty is also on my web page
(see README). (Some TeX distributions (e.g., TeXLive) contain a rogue
copy of ltxdoc.cfg in the TeX input path (e.g., tex/latex/subfig), which
can mess up the indexes of these documents. Move it from the texinputs
area to the documentation area of your system.

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If you desire to remake the mfpic manual (and why in the world would you
be wanting to do a daft thing like that?), make sure mfpic-doc.tex and
mfpdoc.sty are in the current directory or where LaTeX can find them.
Make sure that coil.mps is also where LaTeX can find it. Edit, if you
like, the paper size option in the \documentclass command in mfpic-doc.tex.
(The document uses Times for the main font family, LuxiMono for a
typewriter font, and CMSS for a sans serif font. Packages mathptmx amd
luximono are required.) Then run pdflatex three times:

    pdflatex mfpic-doc    (Hundreds of undefined labels messages)
    pdflatex mfpic-doc    (Labels have changed message may occur)
    pdflatex mfpic-doc    (All resolved)

Now page numbers should be correct in the index, so run makeindex,
making sure that lcheaders.ist is where makeindex can find it:

    makeindex -s lcheaders.ist -o mfpic-doc.ind mfpic-doc.idx

then run latex two more times:

    pdflatex mfpic-doc    (mfpic-doc.toc now has index added)
    pdflatex mfpic-doc    (Document toc now correct)

You can use latex instead of pdflatex, but you won't get clickable links
in the result. (I was too lazy to make that work.)

You could do something similar for mfpguide.tex (but that, too, would be
daft):

    pdflatex mfpguide    (produces guide.mp)
    mpost guide.mp       (creates guide.1, guide.2, etc.)
    pdflatex mfpguide    (includes figures, which changes pagination)
    pdflatex mfpguide    (All resolved)

This relies on mfpic so you should probably wait to do that until after
you are accustomed to that process. (And then take a cold shower until
this compulsion passes.) It also leaves a few dozen files guide.*, which
you will want to delete.

And finally, if you forgot:

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                !! UPDATE THE TeX FILENAME DATABASE !!
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\sig
Dan Luecking  (luecking at uark dot edu)
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701-1201
U.S.A
